Egypt arrests four journalists for spreading ‘false news’

‘Police in Egypt have arrested four journalists reporting and conducting interviews on the street, amid the government’s crackdown on dissent.
Security officials reported the news on Saturday, saying that Hamdy Mokhtar, Mohammed Hassan, and Osama al-Bishbishi, who were arrested on September 26, face charges of publishing false news.
The three were reportedly conducting street interviews in downtown Cairo about a request by President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi for small donations of spare change to fund development programs, an unconventional scheme which has stirred public ire in Egypt.’
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